On Thursday 2007, October 04, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote: > Hi all, > I was just wondering why git commit doesn't default to "-a" (yes, it's > another question that came up during a chat with a mercurial user) and > I didn't find an answer to that. > > It's not a big deal but I strongly suspect that the large majority of > the git users never user git commit without the option "-a". > > Am I wrong? Yes, I think you are. I suspect that most users start out using git commit -a, because that's the workflow they were used to with their previous SCM. What happened to me was I started with git commit -a Then I started adding files one at a time git add <file> Now I cherry pick hunks together in coherent groups git add -i Once you figure out that git lets you turn your development history from a simple snapshotter to telling the story of the project's development, you'll find you want finer and finer control over what you're committing. Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET andyparkins@xxxxxxxxx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
